Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Employment programs, particularly labor-intensive public works (LIPW), have a long history in Sub-Saharan Africa, dating back to the 1960s. The programs expanded rapidly in the 1980s and early 1990s, especially in countries that experienced sharp declines in employment and real wages. Labor-intensiv...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1995
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| author | Teklu, Tesfaye |
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| description | Employment programs, particularly labor-intensive public works (LIPW), have a long history in Sub-Saharan Africa, dating back to the 1960s. The programs expanded rapidly in the 1980s and early 1990s, especially in countries that experienced sharp declines in employment and real wages. Labor-intensive public works have the potential to serve as both short-term sources of employment and long-term generators of growth and productivity increases. They can be designed cost-effectively to alleviate poverty and improve food security. This function can be further strengthened if they are combined with other food-security-enhancing policies and projects. Policymakers, donors, and researchers need to pay close attention to improving the design of public works and to searching for the right portfolio of intervention instruments. |
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| language | Inglés |
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| spelling | CGSpace1571392025-01-10T06:31:00Z Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa Teklu, Tesfaye food security Employment programs, particularly labor-intensive public works (LIPW), have a long history in Sub-Saharan Africa, dating back to the 1960s. The programs expanded rapidly in the 1980s and early 1990s, especially in countries that experienced sharp declines in employment and real wages. Labor-intensive public works have the potential to serve as both short-term sources of employment and long-term generators of growth and productivity increases. They can be designed cost-effectively to alleviate poverty and improve food security. This function can be further strengthened if they are combined with other food-security-enhancing policies and projects. Policymakers, donors, and researchers need to pay close attention to improving the design of public works and to searching for the right portfolio of intervention instruments. 1995 2024-10-24T12:47:37Z 2024-10-24T12:47:37Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157139 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Teklu, Tesfaye. 1995. Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2020 Policy Brief 28. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157139 |
| spellingShingle | food security Teklu, Tesfaye Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Employment programs for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | employment programs for food security in sub saharan africa |
| topic | food security |
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